Fr. Garabed Kochakian  Jesus' Entombment (source: kilikia.weenly.com ) The painter has masterfully woven together the sacred events...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian Jesus' Crucifixion, Armenian Miniature. (Source: Kilikia.weebly.com ) Holy Scripture unveils the Crucifixion with...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian T'oros Roslin Gospels, Judas leads the multitude, Walters Manuscript W.539 In the Old Testament, the Prophet...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian   Holy Thursday has yet another story about the washing of the disciples' feet, which took place during Christ’s...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian Last Supper of Christ, miniature from the ca 1300 Gladzor Gospels (Los Angeles, Charles E. Young Research Library,...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian Jesus and the Fig Tree - Illustration by Toros Roslin (1262) During the Great and Holy Monday, Tuesday, and...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian After Lazarus’ return to the living, the Gospel narrative continues, noting that on the next day, crowds of people...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian Saghmosavank - photo by Hrair Hawk We are now in the liturgical season of Great Lent- Medz Bahk. This is the forty...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian From the Gospel of Luke, we read of the Dominical Feast of Christ’s Presentation to the Temple. Lord, now let your...

By Fr. Garabed Kochakian The Eight-pointed Star in Armenian theology represents Christ and His Divinity. It is often called the Bethlehem...

By Father Garabed Kochakian “And straightway, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian Although the word “Christmas” is never used in scripture, the word itself means “Christ's Mass,” a day (a...

By Father Garabed Kochakian   Holy Nativity by Fr. Garabed Kochakian Painted sacred art called Icons are important as they include many...

By Father Garabed Kochakian Since the establishment of the Christian faith in various the parts of the then known world, holy images...

Fr. Garabed Kochakian Miracles have always been at the center of the Armenian Church’s life and, at times, attached to certain sacred...